United States Anti-Doping Agency

News about United States Anti-Doping Agency, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jun. 4, 2014

Juliet Macur Sports Of The Times column observes that doping continues to cast a dark shadow over horse racing despite fragmented efforts to combat widespread drug use; contends that it may be time for sport to bring in the United States Antidoping Agency. MORE

Apr. 6, 2014

Editorial supports Jockey Club's endorsement of federal legislation to put United States Anti-Doping Agency in charge of cleaning up horse racing industry; holds that move, while extreme, is justifiable and overdue given widespread use of doping and other destructive methods for boosting racehorse performance. MORE

Mar. 29, 2014

Jockey Club, one of horse racing’s most influential groups, says it will support federal legislation to put the United States Anti-Doping Agency in charge of eradicating pervasive drug culture in horse racing; group concedes that efforts to reform the sport from within have moved too slowly. MORE

Nov. 22, 2013

Congressional hearing focuses on Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, which would give United States Anti-Doping Agency authority to set and enforce federal antidoping standards in troubled sport of thoroughbred racing. MORE

May. 1, 2013

Sen Tom Udall of New Mexico and Rep Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania plan to introduce Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, bill giving United States Anti-Doping Agency authority to enforce antidoping standards in horse racing. MORE

Feb. 21, 2013

Lance Armstrong again refuses to meet with United States Anti-Doping Agency and give testimony under oath about the doping practices that fueled most of his career as a cyclist. MORE

Feb. 7, 2013

Lance Armstrong is in talks with the United States Anti-Doping Agency to possibly disclose who helped him dope and how he covered up his doping for nearly a decade; seeks to have his lifetime competition ban reduced to eight years. MORE

Jan. 6, 2013

Analysis; doping confession by Lance Armstrong could help the United States Anti-Doping Agency in other investigations and could possibly restore his eligibility. MORE

Oct. 13, 2012

New report by the United States Anti-Doping Agency could expose Lance Armstrong to new legal charges, including that of perjury, despite fact that federal prosecutors abandoned a criminal investigation against him earlier in the year; report amounts to a damning depiction of Armstrong as a main conspirator in a vast doping scheme. MORE

Oct. 12, 2012

United States Anti-Doping Agency report on Lance Armstrong describes in great detail how the world's greatest cyclist and his team eluded doping tests; report also introduces new scientific evidence that suggest Armstrong was doping the last two times he competed in the Tour de France. MORE

Oct. 11, 2012

United States Anti-Doping Agency unveils hundreds of pages of eyewitness testimony portraying Lance Armstrong as an infamous cheat and liar who led one of the most sophisticated sports doping programs in history; evidence reveals that Armstrong persistently used threats and intimidation to bully his teammates into doping themselves. MORE

Oct. 11, 2012

Tale behind Lance Armstrong’s first Tour de France triumph in 1999 is laid out in the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s report in almost novelistic fashion. MORE

Oct. 8, 2012

United States Anti-Doping Agency is preparing to unveil a new report that includes witness testimony from top cyclists claiming that Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs. MORE

Sep. 22, 2012

Two veteran congressmen introduce legislation to increase oversight of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, with the aim of bolstering athletes' due process protections during doping cases; bill comes on the heels of the agency’s investigation and punishment of cyclist Lance Armstrong. MORE

Jun. 15, 2012

Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner, seemingly readies for battle in light of the latest allegations brought by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. MORE

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